To present contemporary approaches in urban design and discuss their implementation via case studies
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe GÖKŞİN
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
This course is not offered this semester.
Office Hour(s)
Wednesday, 13:00-17:00, 2C-05
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Presenting the topics, supported by visual materials.
Research on the selected urban design case studies by students (organized in groups) and presentations of these research by the groups in the studio.
Principle Sources
Bayulken, B. & Huising, D. 2015. “A literature review of historical trends and emerging theoretical approaches for developing sustainable cities (part 1)”. Journal of Cleaner Prodution, 109, 11-24.
Burchell, R. W., Listokin, D. & Galley, C. C. 2000. “Smart growth: More than a ghost of urban policy past, less than a bold new horizon, Housing Policy Debate, 11:4, 821-879.
Calthorpe, P. 1994. ‘The Next American Metropolis’, Architectural Design Profile No:108: The Periphery, Academy Group Ltd., pp. 19-23.
Carmona, M. et. al. 2003. Public Places, Urban Spaces: Dimensions of urban design. Architectural Press: Oxford.
CNU, 2001. The Charter of the New Urbanism. Available at www.cnu.org
Downs, A. 2005. “Smart Growth: Why We Discuss It More than We Do It”. Journal of the American Planning Association, 71:4, 367-378.
Duany, A. & Plater-Zyberk, E. 1991. Towns and Town-making Principles, Rizzoli: New York.
Ergönül, S. et. al. (Eds.). 2012. Green Age: Approaches & Perspectives towards Sustainability. İstanbul: MSFAU, Faculty of Architecture.
Gehl, J. 1996. Life Between Buildings-Using Public Space: Third Edition. Arkitektens Forlag, Bogytrykkeriet, Skive.
Jacobs, J. 1961. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Penguin: UK.
Katz, P. (Ed.) 1994. The New Urbanism: Towards an Architecture of Community, McGraw-Hill: New York.
Kelbaugh, D. 1997. “The New Urbanism”. Journal of Architectural Education, 51(2), 142-144.
Lynch, K. 1961. The image of the city. The MIT Press: Cambridge-Massachusetts.
Larice M. & Macdonald, E. (Eds.) 2007. The Urban Design Reader. Routledge: London.
Silver, C. 1985. “Neighborhood Planning in Historical Perspective”. Journal of the American Planning Association, 51:2, 161-174.
Tallen E. 2008. “Beyond the front porch: Regionalist ideas in the New Urbanist Movement”. Journal of Planning History, 7 (1), 20-47.
Trancik, R. 1986. Finding Lost Space-Theories of Urban Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York.
Walters, D., 2007. Designing Community- Charettes, Masterplans and Form-based Codes. Architectural Press: USA
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Informing the students about the aim and the scope of the course.
Presentation
2. Week
Presenting the overall conceptual framework for contemporary approaches in urban design.
Presentation with visual material
3. Week
Presenting the aim, objectives and principles of New Traditionalism concept and New Urbanism Approach.
Presentation with visual material
4. Week
Presenting the aim, objectives and principles of Sustainable Cities and Smart Growth Approach.
Presentation with visual material
5. Week
Presenting the aim, objectives and principles of ‘Place-making’ Approach.
Presentation with visual material
6. Week
Presenting the aim, objectives and principles of Low/Zero Carbon Planning Approach.
Presentation with visual material
7. Week
Mid-term Exam
Exam
8. Week
Clarifying the methods and techniques of group work, establishing working groups of students and selection of national/international case studies of the presented approaches by the established groups.
Studio work
9. Week
Contemporary urban design approaches student groups working in the studio.
Studio work
10. Week
Contemporary urban design approaches student groups working in the studio.
Studio work
11. Week
Contemporary urban design approaches student groups working in the studio.
Studio work
12. Week
Presentation of group works and discussion on the success and limitations of the adopted approaches in the case studies presented.
Student group presentations
13. Week
Presentation of group works and discussion on the success and limitations of the adopted approaches in the case studies presented.
Student group presentations
14. Week
Presentation of group works and discussion on the success and limitations of the adopted approaches in the case studies presented.
Student group presentations
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Critical Thinking: Ability to inquire, use abstract ideas to interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions.
PO-2
Communication: Ability to use appropriate representational media to transmit essential formal elements at design process.
PO-3
Investigation: Ability to gather, record, apply, and comparatively evaluate relevant information within design processes.
PO-4
Design: Ability to reproduce the design information in the creative thinking process, to reach new and original results through universal design principles such as sustainability and accessibility.
PO-5
World Architecture: Understanding world architecture in terms of their historical, geographical and global factors.
PO-6
Local Architecture / Cultural Diversity: Understanding the architectural formations and samples of a geography through its historical and cultural context. Understanding the divergent canons of cultural values, behavioral, social and spatial patterns.
PO-7
Cultural Heritage and Conservation: Understanding of conservation discourses and methods, and the subjects of cultural heritage, conservation awareness, environmental concerns and ethical responsibility.
PO-8
Sustainability: Ability to design projects by using the information regarding the natural and built environment to reduce the undesirable environmental impacts on future generations through means.
PO-9
Social Responsibility: Understanding of the architect’s responsibility about protecting the commonweal, having respect for historical/cultural and natural resources and improving the life quality.
PO-10
Nature and Human: Understanding of the relationship between human, the natural environment and the design of the built environment.
PO-11
Geographical Conditions: Understanding the relationships of site selection, settlement and building design by considering the cultural, economical and social properties as well as the natural characteristics such as soil, topography, vegetation and watershed.
PO-12
Life Safety: Understanding the basic principles of security and life-safety systems in the conditions of natural disasters, fire, etc. through building and environment scales.
PO-13
Structural Systems: Understanding of the basic principles of structural behavior in withstanding gravity and lateral forces and the evolution, range, and appropriate application of contemporary structural systems.
PO-14
Environmental Systems: Understanding the principles of physical environmental systems’ design such as lighting, acoustics, climatization and the use of appropriate performance assessment tools.
PO-15
Building Envelope Systems: Understanding of the basic principles involved in the appropriate application of building envelope systems and associated assemblies.
PO-16
Building Service Systems: Understanding of the basic design principles of building service systems such as plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, and fire protection systems.
PO-17
Building Materials and Assemblies: Understanding of the basic principles utilized in the appropriate selection of construction materials, products, components and assemblies, based on their inherent characteristics and performance, including their environmental impact and reuse.
PO-18
Integration of Building Service Systems: The ability of assessing, selecting and integrating the structural, environmental, security, envelope and service systems of the buildings for building design.
PO-19
Programming and Evaluation: Ability to prepare and evaluate an architectural project program by considering the public benefits in regards of client and user needs, appropriate examplers, space and equipment requirements, financial limitations, site conditions, relevant codes, laws and design principles.
PO-20
Comprehensive Project Development: Ability to produce a comprehensive architectural project that demonstrates to make design decisions across various scales.
PO-21
Considering Building Costs: Understanding the fundamentals of building construction and use costs.
PO-22
Architect-Client Relationship: Understanding of the responsibility of the architect to elicit, understand, and reconcile the needs of the client, owner, user groups, and the public and community domains.
PO-23
Collaboration: Ability to work in collaboration with others and in multidisciplinary teams to successfully complete design projects.
PO-24
Project Management: Understanding of the methods for competing for commissions, selecting consultants and assembling teams, and recommending project delivery methods.
PO-25
Practice Management: Understanding the basic principles in the architectural practice processes like financial management, business planning, quality management, risk management, discussion and reconciliation.
PO-26
Leadership: Understanding of the techniques and skills architects use to work collaboratively in the building design and construction process and on environmental, social, and aesthetic issues in their communities.
PO-27
Legal Rights and Responsibilities:
Understanding of the architect’s responsibility to the public and the client as determined by regulations and legal considerations involving the practice of architecture.
PO-28
Professional Practice: Understanding and fulfillment of employer and intern rights and responsibilities for development of profession.
PO-29
Ethics of Profession: Understanding of the ethical issues involved in profession regarding social, political and cultural issues in architectural design and practice.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To gain knowledge about, the development processes, aims and objectives, principles and the urban conditions that affect the emergence of the contemporary urban design approaches as well as the success and limitations of their implementation.
LO-2
To acquire the ability to compile and assess written and visual materials on selected contemporary urban design case studies.
LO-3
To acquire the ability to work in collaboration with fellow classmates to successfully complete the research and evaluation of contemporary urban design case studies.
LO-4
To acquire the ability to compare, contrast and evaluate the emergence, development process, aim and objectives, together with methods and techniques of different urban design approaches.
LO-5
To gain knowledge about the leading role of sustainability on the urban design decisions within the context of contemporary approaches.
